PAGE TWELVE THE a rbot | The Latest Market Reports STOOK MARKETS LIVE Toronto Everythin pt 430 catt Export 0; bute o, medium $5.60 t 36 $6 to $6.25 anners $3 to $36.75; feedin iockers, choice $4 $05.00 £60 to $90 attle cattle $6 her oO bute med 0 to springs Montreal Dec ZX i ttle Market t price Montreal West Ca ow very bu very firm beeves were | pound; pr nied were best cents per ¥ cents common, 4 1-2 Oto § hog very nearly 7 1-4; Calve ) 6 1-2 Lamb 81.2 Hogs, about Receipts--C and lan heep 4 attle 150 sheep Buffalo De head o $0 I butchers, 36 75 to $7.75 $4.2 $5.76 $6 Fast Buffalo ceipts 2.700 teors, 3% $8.40 heifer $6.5 ers and heifer $4.50 to and springers, act to $100 Veal and steady 60 1 to $5 0 bulls feeders receip iL $4 to $12 Hogs, receipts 18,000 he Heavy, $6.70 $6.80; 75 to $6.80; vorkers $5 75; pigs, $6 to $6.25; rough: to $6; stags, $4.50 to $6 Sheep and lambs, receipt head, active Lambs, $6 to vearlings, $5 $9; weth to 37; ewes $2 to %% $6.50 10 $6.75 urixed to 1 { 0 Chicago Chicag Dec 28 ( ceipts 19,000 Market tive beef steers, $6 to erp steers, $6.20 to $8 heifers, $2.80 to $8.40 to $9.50 Hogs Receipts 24,000 Market strong. Light, $5.85 to $6.45; mixed $6.10 to $6.60; heavy $6.10 to $6 rough, $6.10 to $6 ; pigs, $4 75 to $5.00; bulk of sales, $6.10 t $6.60 Sheep steady lambs ea $9.90 10 alves 65; Marke $6 90 Receipts 12,000 Wethers, $6 native $7 to $ 20 to 60 GRAIN hh 'OTATIONS Toronto, Dec 28 Manit No. 1 northern, crop, $1.32, all rail; No, 2, $1 No $1.25 Manitoba oats----Ng. 2 OC. W track, lake ports: No 190 No. 1 feed, 49¢; No. 1 feed, 48¢ American corn--No 80 1% « Canadian corn--=No, I yellow, old uominal, Toronto Ontario oats--No crop, none offering; No to 38¢; commercial oats, Outario wheat--No new, $1.05 to $1.07; sprouted smutty, according to sample, 90¢c te 96c; wheat, slightly sprouted $1.04; feed wheat, to 80¢ Feas--Accarding to sample, $1 to $1.75; No nominal, car lot $1.00 Barley~~{Good malting feed barley, H0c¢ to Hc Buchwheat---T76¢ to Rye--No. 1, commercial 87¢; rejected rye, 70¢ cording to sample Manitoba flour---First jute bags, $6.80; second patents $6.30; strong bakers, do, $6.10 ronto Ontario flour----Winter, $6. according to sample, Toronto freights, in bags shipment Millfeed---Car Montreal freights. Bran $24; shorts, per ton, $26; per ton, $26; good feed bag, $1.60 Hay--Baled, No. i, Toronto oba new 29 3 new white J white to 37¢ new 3 Tt 3 5¢ 2 winter or $1 to 75¢ 0) a T7¢ 86 to 80 patents n do To $4.30 seaboard or prompt to lots per ton middlings flour, per track Toronto Y1gre delivered | + | little 7 Montreal to $1 $1.24 $1 14 18 64 to ( 3 0 to $8.2 $11.00 to $19.01 $16 $9.62 tandard Rye No Barley limothy lover Pork Lard $0 Ribs to $10.00 Baltimore Dec gular and January red W 28 Wheat lower No $1.27 1-2 estern Baltimore los red nomin $1.31 ed re | spot and al No nominal Corn « spot losed easier. Spot and year, 8c; January, 78¢ Oats firmer Standard white 18 2¢ No, 3 white, 46 { white, 42¢ to 43 4 5¢ to 46 Minwenolss. Minneapolis, De closed to-day $1.21 3-8; May, No, 1 hard, $1 $1.21 to $1 $1.17 to $1.19 1-2 $1.10 to $1.16; No. 1 $1.17 1-4 to $1.19 1-4 $1.13 1-4 to $1.16 1-4 GENERAL TRADE. 5 Ww follow $1.22 24 1 23 1 fus« De- Cash No No No. 3 dur No, 2 Lures as | cember wheat Northern Northern, Northern uni { durum Wool, et Wool---Wash- | to quality, 10 to Washed rejections (bur chafly, ete) 35¢ fleece wool, as to quality, North-Western unwash- ed, according to quality, 23c¢ to 33e¢. Beefliide Tanners are only buy-! hand-to-mouth basis City des, green, flat 18 1-2¢ Country hides, flat, cured, 16 per 1b Part cured, 15 12 1-2¢ per 1b Calfsking flat Hides, Skins, De 28 wool loronto fleece per 1b cotted, Unwashed 0 to 34 | od 1c ry ds 38 to | ing on a butcher | per 1b to 1 to ny skins Country Part cured, to condition ihc to $1.25 mm City 18¢ per 1b 19%¢ per Il according calt are on ired 18 to to 18¢ 1b Dea ons or bob each Horsel to $5; country $5; No. 2, $2 Sheepskins 25 to $2.25 to $2 Tallow $4.50 $4 to ides--City take-off take off, No. 1 of to $3.50 City sheepskins, $1 Country sheepskins 80 demand, and a City ren- country 6 J-4c; Ne. 1, 7 1-2¢ in better stronger in price. | solid, in barrels, 7c | stook, solid, in barrels, No. 1 | No. 2 i-4 to 6¢. Cake | 1 { to 7 1-2¢; No 6 to 6 is | dered 9 ro at, ------ - | a in A A Si i Po a it ---- | the result of the "lof thtoxicasts, to forbid treating, 'Among the Elect. "Gee! Santa orter know I'm a good boy this year! This is the second time I've let (he preacher go by without pluggin' his silk bat!" ~ PF | a day and copsequently depreciating DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1915 ] BURN IBY'S MANUSCRIPT | Nobody Could Read Explorer Hand- | writing A icy, in the ( Hagazi ne an amassing one of the worst writers o Here in what he says It was stated at Burnaby death behind the manuscript fo conside publi ir H tell the tir one| that left hin nove which there was able competition among the re This Fhe man was handed to true pareel qu seript, a bulky with discretionary publish myself romnection with the graphy Here a singlar and as it finally proved, 4 'alal obstacle presented it sell Familiar for many vears with | Burnaby's handwriting I could not! after diligent endeavor make ont | more than a sentence here and there | on the crowded page of manuscript Burnaby"s writing was possibly | with (he exception of Dean Stanley's, | the worst I ever saw. It looked as if | before sitting down to write a letter | he had pulled a twig out of the] hedge, mixed a little blacking and | | then gone ahead t He wrote the whole of his Ride | to Khiva' and his 'Ride on Horse- | bark Through Asia Minor' with own band But hefore they reached | the printer they were fairly written | out by a copyist "The hapless man used out as much as he could, then leave blanks, for Alling up which he had fo seak the assistance of the author Sometimes there were more blanks in a page than words Despairing of making of the manuseript of the was submitted to a publisher turned upon it his most skilfu ipherisi. Neither head nor (a be made of the manuscript intention of publishing the consequently abandoned me power either to it or to use proposed bio his to make anvthing novel it who de d the Wag and nove Kast-End Tattooist's Confessions There is a boom in tattooing in the East-End of London, according to Mr. Edward Lovett, of the Folk Lore Society The boom not among soldiers and sailors, but among girls the Easat-end being a rapidly growing fashion, when a local belle walks out with a young man, to have his name tattooed on her arm Mr following amusing which re shop of a who, among a tattooing is f t of it Lovet! the description 4 scene cently witnessed in the friend in the East-end, other avocations, artist Two girls entered the shop. One of them took off her jacket, turned up her sleeve, at the same time sit ting down near a table on which was a small electric apparatus The art ist then made some design on the arm with an electric needle. When the operation was finished Mr. lo vett asked if he might see whai (h design was He was allowed to in speci the arm, upon which near the elbow were the words, 'I love Smith." 'Of sourse, it wasn't Smith,' says Mr. Lovett, "but (hal gives of he is a Joa Joe Don't Buy Advertising Space BI indly When you merchants buy Vol measure -- W 1 i colfee and buy stu tlie 10 Voll weigh then SHE fea and Vor 'Buy your advertising space the same way. Don't do it blindly. The Audit Bureau of Circulations has made it possible to know, from an unbiased and expert source, JUST HOW MUCH a WHAT KIND OF CIRCULATION the worth while news papers of America have. This newspaper's circulation books, rec: ords and receipts --cvery scrap of paper pertaining to circulation dited by the trained accountants of the A. B. C., and vou advertisers can havi copies of < any time. We want every advertiser to KNOW what our circulation is. "Wo have nothing to hide, nothhug that we DON'T BUY YOUR ADVERTISING SPACE BLINDLY. The Daily British Whig Audit Bureau of Circulations 1s are au their audit Member is a detail' to Naturally Mr. Lovett wanied know what happened should the gir! wish to get rid of this somewhat plain statement. That is quite easy,' replied the tattooist. 'Should the girl change her mind and find that she loves Bill Seroggins instead | of Joe Smith, I touch up the old | name and convert it into a new de sign, usually a bumeh of flowers. It | isa bit difficult at times, especially with a Jong name, though I generally manage it somehow Buogiand's Campaign for Boomomy. The campaign for economy in liv- ing as a vital necessity for financing the 'war which is costing Great Brit ain nearly $26,000,000 a day contin ues te be pressed. Imports are ox ceeding exports by nearly $5,000,000 al England more foreign exchange so that really pays about five per cent than the nominal prices for commo- | dities bought in America Restrie- | tion of imports is urged as one of the most obvious practical methods of economy That Governmeni expenses must be decreased and the gap between exports and imporis narrowed agreed upon by all Various often cenflicting remedies are posed A revival of the party protection is a noticeable symptom Some pretectionist papers demand a high tariff en imports and one so frame« that the colonies will have preference, diverting business from the United States to them Thus | the British empire might liwe on ita | own regources so far as foodstuffs | are concerned, and spend its money with its own people, as Germany i doing. | rt is and pro 1 H Sobering Up England. Lloyd George's liquor suppressing | bureau in connection with his muni- tions department has been so effec- tive that it has controled the trafie in dripk far outside the sone of muni- tions. Prunkenness is on the decrease all through the kingdom. Although it was aimed at munition cemtres ft has affec all localities. Only con- rudd ine tes have escaped its way. Prosecutions for intoxication -- fallen off 40 per cent. Labor | conditions have greatly improved ap work of lloyd B HN LI] Bound Trip Tickets Will Be Lssuer At Dec turn Also for 1916 FIRST Saturd until Saturday Agent, @ New Year's HOLIDAY FARES FARE AND ONE THIRD Travel Car Reservations and all information apply to M. C amr aoe tl] AAA AN Sg LOLLLLLLLS. A "KITCHENER" Is the name of the new Electric Iron made by the | Canadian General Electric Co. | | RAILWAY ALALLALLLLS SAR Christmas and New Year Holidays New Route to Western Caaads Via North Bey, Cobalt and Cochrane Finest Equipment--Spleadid Road Bed tv. 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Phone 577 Arne apply Allan WW. Tereate. Bist and Jan. 1st 3rd, 1916 Going Dec, Returning Jan, Going Dec, 29th to Jan. 1st ' Town Agent, Dunn or Station Agent, H. Ward, | George's bureau which was organized only last May to limit Jours of sale re- | strset 'the ameunt of "pailed" liquid | and wake other restrictions. Yo Keep Peerages Alive. Means are to be adopted to prevemt British | from becoming ex- tinct in cases where the only male heir has his life to his counm- we -~ the ordinary course succes- a peerage is limited to direet | pin 3 vote of the last or of a former holder of the title. But by remainder," as the provision in , the mearest of other male relatives will now be given the title. Theres are now at least 200 heirs to | peerages in the army and navy, and 2 lege number of these have already Even a botanist may not be able to recoguize a blooming idiot when he sees one Most of us get what we deserve, | but®féw of us are able to recoguize Hit "HERE'S YOUR TICKET® WINNIPEG, and the COAST Your train leaves Ringuton 2.30 p.m. Mon., Wed., Fri. WITH CONNECTIONS AND FROM ALL WESTERN POINTS. Electric lighied sleepers, dining cars " and Atyicius coaches. M. C. DUNN. City a R. H. WARD, Station Agent; K. bh. FALRBAIRN. OL. Pass. Aqout, Torowmn out: Crawford & Walsh Tailors, Bagot and Princess Sts,